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    Wicks Pva

    Your better off spending a little more for uni bond or the like, as superspread said you get what you pay for,
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    Is this acceptable, or poor work?

    Checkatrade etc are businesses to them the tradesmen are their customers as long as they sell leads or their services I don't think they are that arsed about the standards of the work carried out, personally if I needs a trade I'd go by friends reccomendations too many cowboys about these days...
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    Start the year as I mean to go on.

    Empty house = wank marathon :RpS_thumbup:
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    Is this acceptable, or poor work?

    I can almost hear the bloke saying " **** it the decorator will get over that" piss poor I'd get my money back
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    Bullied At Work

    I think we would be able to give better advice if yo were to post some pictures of yourself Helen. Its always easier to give advice when you have an image of who you are trying to help.
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    Bullied At Work

    Why don't you go on site with you son Helen? You could even do his pack lunch
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    Job cancelled

    Feel your pain I sometimes stutter a lot then get angry with myself!
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    Job cancelled

    I don't discriminate everyone gets kisses x
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    Job cancelled

    Tbh I'd rather phone someone texting is a right bloody effort with my fat digits, if I do send the odd text I always end with a couple of kisses to make them moist
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    Bullied At Work

    I got touched up all the time on site as an apprentice its made me the man I am now
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    new years resoloutions

    Give up smoking and toking
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    Top 10 things 4 a plasterers good day

    Just piss in the garden.
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    Top 10 things 4 a plasterers good day

    Nice tip at the end of a job
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    Pussy sets....

    If you don't underprice your jobs there's no need to break your back.
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    Pussy sets....

    Work smart not hard, no point in killing yourself.
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    Waste carriers license.

    they were driving range rovers? They must of had a huge pond to fill in.
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    silver sand

    Best way to break your trowel in with silver sand really is so nice to render with
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    silver sand

    No its not the same as kiln dried its lovely to use it rubs up really well. Most red sand down round here is a bit gritty and as olican says inconsistent
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    Multi trading?

    Just stick to one trade if your any good you shouldn't be out of work simple really, I wouldn't ask a butcher to knock me up a loaf of bread.
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    cheapest place to buy plasterboard

    http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Free-OEM-service-available-China-manufacturer_60077107905.html?s=p or you can have 150 crystal catch grinders
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    silver sand

    yeah the sand down here is gritty and shite really I tend to use silver sand
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    cheapest place to buy plasterboard

    Cheers Jurek just had a butchers can get containers of literally anything :rolleyes) http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Flexible-PVC-Plaster-Arch-Bead_60059652265.html
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    Waste carriers license.

    Got a nice big pond in my garden I need filling so just chuck it in there, can do good deals on asbestos disposal throughout December
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    What aspect of plastering do you enjoy most?

    I enjoy driving round for hours trying to find the customers house because I was baked when I priced it up
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    What van does everyone drive?.

    Got a Vito its alright if you like that sort of thing
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    1 coat skimming with supaflex

    Watch out algeeman you'll have Dom littlewood after you if your not careful:RpS_wink:
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    1 coat skimming with supaflex

    I always put 2 coats on in the winter and a jumper
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    Recessions over

    Its been a busy year but might be a shite 2016, always work out there sometimes you just look harder
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    plastering of ceilings

    You should be more careful building sites are a minefield to the unweary
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    Quick question...

    Bang one out while you wait for it to pull in
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    Upsetting the other trades

    What's in the box belongs to the sparky whatever is out the box is mine:RpS_biggrin:
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    plastering of ceilings

    **** all wrong with hop ups
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    Bloody customers

    She's in her 70s probably still smash it for shits and giggles I suppose
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    Bloody customers

    I started a job 2 weeks ago customer is spot on I put an invoice in and get paid the same day and she brings cake on a Friday some good customers out there won't be nutting this one :-)
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    Bloody customers

    I nutted a customer once
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    grey plasterboard!!! whats this ?

    Yeah I've seen B&Q selling brown plaster board. Seen grey plaster board but only shitty off cuts that have been out in the rain
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    Everyones thoughts on domestic work ??

    I'm tee total only drink coffee and apple juice
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    Everyones thoughts on domestic work ??

    I miss the banter you get on site if its a good bunch but cuppa and cake that only domestic work brings sways it for me
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    Everyones thoughts on domestic work ??

    You do get a cuppa 9 times out of 10 doing domestic work
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    Everyones thoughts on domestic work ??

    I mostly stick to working for local builders and domestic, can't be doing with all the shite that come with site work, like jumped up foremen dishing out red and yellow cards like some sort of football match
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    Advice - Coving Falling Down

    Just use polystyrene coving guaranteed not to hurt if it falls down
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    Nvq level 3

    I had to travel 60 miles to Plymouth collage to do my level 2 and 3 was lucky though my tutor was spot on and taught us so much, he just had a passion for teaching and plastering. Its a shame things aren't like that now
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    Plastering around door linings

    Cheers for the idea :-)
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    Impact drivers and the noise

    Impact drills are so handy to have in the back of the van they are noisey but my hearings shite so don't tend to hear mine over the radio
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    Cleaning brush

    Same here my wife get pissed right off she's got 4 dust pans and no brushes :-)
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    Tool Inventions

    My daughter invented a gizmo she named the blade runner, it was white so she sold the idea to BG for half a pack of wotsits and a peppa pig magazine. If your lucky you can still get them in certain skips
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    It's that time of year again

    easy stop explaining.
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    Tool Inventions

    I've got a huge box of inventions some good but most are shite I'm going to take them on dragons den dump them on the desk and say tobig dunc and that " ave a butchers through that lot and make me a cheeky offer" there sure to invest
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    Rule of thumb

    Best just do as the wife says in my opinion :-)
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